Occupancy
Occupancy , noun
[See Occupant.]
1.
The act of taking or holding possession, especially of real property or rental property; possession; occupation.
2.
The state or condition of being occupied; as, occupancy by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful.
3.
The period of time during which one occupies a property.
Collocations (1)
Title by occupancy (Law) , a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. — Blackstone. Kent